x, 324 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Preface -- List of maps and illustrations -- 1. "A citty upon a hill" -- 2. Shawmut -- 3. The emergence of town government -- 4. "Places for husbandry" -- 5. Toward a New Jerusalem -- 6. Diversity and division -- 7. "Boston in New England" -- 8. The well ordering of the town -- 9. The city by the water -- 10. Epilogue -- Appendices -- 1. The intention to settle a single community -- 2. Were the emigrants of 1630 "non-separating Congregationalists"? -- Note on sources and methods.